Social sector expenditure and child mortality in India: a state-level analysis from 1997 to 2009.

BACKGROUND: India is unlikely to meet the Millennium Development Goal for child mortality. As public policy impacts child mortality, we assessed the association of social sector expenditure with child mortality in India. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Mixed-effects regression models were used to assess the r...

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Main Authors: Susanna M Makela, Rakhi Dandona, T R Dilip, Lalit Dandona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3567038?pdf=render